Africa

Le Clos Has High Tea with South African President

Chad le Clos was included in a group of prominent South Africans that joined President Zuma for high tea before his State of the Nation address…

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Coaches Intel: Coaching presentations from 2014 Short Course World Championships

On its website, FINA has posted several coaching presentations from its Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic held just before the 2014 Short Course World Championships in Doha, Qatar last December.

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Chad le Clos to attend Abu Dhabi Swimming Festival

South African Olympian Chad le Clos will make a guest appearance at the Abu Dhabi Swimming Festival later this month.

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Body of Missing MidMar Mile Swimmer Recovered by Local Police

South African news outlets are reporting that the body of 30-year-old missing swimmer, Tristan Dennis, has now been recovered as…

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Payne Wins Record Eighth Midmar Mile

Keri-Ann Payne collected her eighth Midmar Mile title this weekend in South Africa…

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Le Clos Looks to Replicate Short Course Success in Kazan

In Kazan Chad le Clos will swim all three butterfly events as well as the 200 freestyle and possibly the 200 IM…

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Chad le Clos, Michael Andrew to Race in Sellenbosch Grand Prix Meet in Mid-February

Chad le Clos, above, will swim four races at the Sellenbosch Grand Prix, but that won’t include the 200 fly – a race that he’s backed off from at in-season meets recently.

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Instagram Post Confirms Coventry’s Intent to Race at PSS-Austin

Since announcing in July of 2013 that she would be training with SwimMAC Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina, Kirsty Coventry hasn’t…

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Swim South Africa Schedules Two Local Grand Prix Events

Swimming South Africa has announced two stops for its inaugural local Grand Prix tour: Stellenbosch (SW coast) and Durban (NE coast)

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Forecasting the road to next year’s Rio Olympic Games

Now that the 2016 Rio Olympics are officially “next year,” let’s take a look back at the previous Olympic cycle to see just how much is likely to change between now and Rio.

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Hosszu Wins 6 More to Finish Indian Ocean Champs 16-for-17 in Individual Races

Katinka Hosszu went an incredible 16-for-17 at the Indian Ocean Championships that finished on Tuesday.

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2014 Swammy Awards: National Development Award Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Swimming Federation had a fantastic year that included two very young swimmers coming up with big hardware at the Asian Games.

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2014 Swammy Awards: African Female Swimmer of the Year

In 2014 South African Karin Prinsloo broke the African records in both the long course 100 and 400 freestyle…

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Katinka Hosszu Entered in All 17 Events; Olympic Nice to Race at Indian Ocean Meet

Katinka Hosszu (above) will be joined by Darian Townsend, Jeremy Stravius, Charlotte Bonnet, and Roland Schoeman on Reunion Island.

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male African Swimmer of the Year Chad Le Clos

To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 HONOREE: Chad Le Clos, South…

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